World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: 'Quiet' Approach To Zimbabwe

Aziz Pahad, the deputy foreign minister, defended the government's decision to pursue a ''quiet'' and diplomatic approach to its troubled neighbor, Zimbabwe. Mr. Pahad said the ''megaphone diplomacy'' favored by opposition parties and Western countries had yet to produce results. South Africa has been sharply criticized for pushing for Zimbabwe's reinstatement to the Commonwealth while violence and harassment of opposition supporters and white farmers continues in that country. Rachel L. Swarns (NYT)